Method of packaging staples and package produced thereby



May 29, 1928. 1,671,809

T. A. BRIGGS METHOD OF PACKAGING STAPLES AND PACKAGE PRODUCED THEREBY Filed Dec. 15 1924 V W l 17am in%the staples.

Patented M51 29, 1923.

. 1,571,809 UNITED, STATESQPATENFT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. names, or PROVIDENCE, mromi ISLAND, ASSIGNOR To BOSTON WIRE STITCHER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A' CORPORATION OF MAINE.

METHOD or PACKAGING STAPLES AND PACKAGE rnozoncnn TBEREBYL Application m December 15, 1934. Serial no. 755,932;

This invention relates to an improved method of packaging wire staples or the like and tothe holderor cartridge forcontaim ne ob ect of the inventionis to provide" an improvedmethod of packaging staples in compact form fOIPacking and shipment and as a merchantablefarticle to supply refills for hand staplingdnachines, or as a magazine cartridge for wire-stitching arts.

chines used in the binding and kindre Another object of the invention is to vide a holder or package whichwill lation and parallel alinement' to adapt them to be delivered therefrom to the staplingmeclhanism of the machine in which they are use i i Another object of the invention is to pro videa staple holder or package which may be employed as a cartridge for use either singly or in multiple to load or charge the magazine of the machine-in which the sta Another object of the invention is to provide a. staple package or cartridge for holding partly formed sta les to adapt themto deliver therefrom, to e completely formed in the machine as they are applied to the work.

Further objects of the improvement are set forth in the following specification which describes a preferred methodand means for carrying out theinvention asillustrated by the accompanying drawings. In the drawln s: j

Fig.1 is a perspective view of my improved staple package or cartridge, showing a portion of its side broken away to illus-l nested therein; p p c Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the staple holder taken on line 2-2 of trate the manner in which the; staples are Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the holder taken on line 3-- 3 of the means for retainingthe p ofmain-* tain the staples assembled in contiguous re-' as the round wire stacked for magazine of the stapling-mac lime; and

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are perspective views of severaljdifferent types of partly formed staplesforwhichthe packageis adapted.

One feature of the present invention c0n+ sists in providing a substantially flat holder 2 havin a backing or main strip 3 a 'ainst which the staples s are held in neste relation by overlapping side-strips or flaps 4.

y mproved older 2 maybe constructed of anysuitable material, such] as thin strips of w0od,relatively stiff fiber or, composition, but I have found it preferable touse th n sheet-metal which can be readily bent or folded into shapein forming dies.

As. illustratedinl Fig. 1, the metal strip is bent at rightan les along its lateralmargins and then folded inwardly to form the side-Istripsor flaps 4 overlap ing its forward face. The space between t e main strip 3 and the side-stripsis made of suitable Width to accommodate the staples s in 210-? cordance with the particular type of staple through the Work and clinched on the under sealing envelopes andfor sundry urposes. The staples are generally side "thereof. Fig. 6 illustrates a type of stapleformed from a flat Wireor ribbon and havin ,itslegs Z cut across at an angle to provi e sharpenedends or points; while Fig. 7 shows a similar type of staple having square ends. The staple holderQ may beproportioned to adapt t to hold staples of thistypemade in anydimensions from varying widths of stock, or it may be designed toaccommodate other forms such staple w shown in Fig. 8.

packing. or for ap lication to the i from wire cut intoshort lengths and t pe of staple such as employedforstapling ll binding books and pamphlets,ffasten ng tickets to articles of ,As (previously stated, the staples a are applie to the holder in a partly formed state and when delivered therefromare furtherfbent to completely ,form them in the stapling-machinewhich drives themthrou the work and clinchestheirlegs against t e under side thereof. That is to say, instead of completely forming the staples 8 with across a strip of semi-flexible material with ing at an obtuse angle to the cross-bars in 1 their legs in nested relation at" the sides of divergent relation to each other, with the the strip, and folding over the marginal sta les laid flat all in the same plane in the portions of the strip to overlie the legs of the pac age and nested one within another with 5 staples to retain them in position thereon. their cross-bars and legs in contact to com- 4. A staple package orcartridge oomprispact them in the form of a relatively thin 15 ing a plurality of partly formed wire staples strip or stick.

having central cross-bars with legs pro ect- In testimony whereof I aflix 111% siIgnature. ing from the ends thereof, said legs extend- THOM AS A. GGS. 

